Sexualizing Women at the Gaming Table

Shrug, what's the big deal? Role-playing with women at the table is a sensual experience. Not erotic in the sense of watching porn, not in an erection-inducing or fantasizing sense, but definitely sensual, with sexual undertones.

From here

Wow, where to begin? Ron's later statement in that comment where he says that’s just the way all the world is so live with it just makes his comment even worse. I'll avoid going into how this exposes problems in Ron's psyche and relationships with women because I don't know him and one comment is not enough. However, I do think this is indicative of the exclusionary language that is at question here.
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Game Design as Process

Perhaps the most critical event in playing a game is identifying the goals of the game. If done improperly, even elegant mechanics or fully realized characters may not serve the group’s or the player’s real needs. Without accurate goals the mechanics chosen or designed run the risk of offering solutions for which needs do not really exist. There are many ways to identify these goals; I’m just going to discuss the method I use.

( Developing Gaming Goals )